[OPINION] Government must outlive administrations

Here’s a proposal: A Government Development Project Continuity Act and a Philippine Economic Development Board

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FMRs for food security?

Other than the eight wrongly geo-tagged coordinates, red flags must remain for all these FMRs.

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Ex-generals, social activists denounce political plunder

“We should’ve executed some of them then; things would be very different today.”

Reenergizing the fight against drug trafficking

LAST Wednesday, Nov. 4, a shipment of 200 kilograms of shabu from Laos worth P1.36 billion was seized by Customs authorities at the Manila International Container Port. The shipment had taken a roundabout route, passing…

Let’s get revolutionary

When people hear politicians talk about a “politics of love,” the reaction is usually a big roll of the eyes.

Why we’ll never eradicate corruption

I MEAN we will never get rid of corruption here since we have not installed the necessary machinery to fight graft, just as floods will be a permanent part of Filipinos’ misery if the government doesn’t allocate funds…

How was Paris?

Upon returning from our 5-week vacation in the EU, friends watched the chaos, riots, and looting that happened in many parts of Europe particularly in Paris, France and they could not help but ask, “How was Paris?”.

Education in action: Values education is core competency

WHAT happens when artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter and human beings get less humane? Look around. In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, machines generate knowledge, algorithms nudge behavior and social media…

Fur parents’ fury

The first time I heard of funeral services for pets was about six years ago. A pet lover I know sent a photo of her beloved dog, lying in an open coffin surrounded with small wreaths and candles.

EducationEducation

WHAT happens when artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter and human beings get less humane? Look around. In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, machines generate knowledge, algorithms nudge behavior and social media…

EDITORIAL — Safety in pyrotechnics

After the days for remembering the dead, preparations are underway in earnest for the Christmas holiday celebrations. These include the production of fireworks and other pyrotechnics to greet the New Year.

Addressing an unsophisticated take on Philippine history

First of a series SOCIAL media memes have attributed to former Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero de Vera III a response to former American soldier Erwin Tulfo’s statement — “We fought foreign…

Our political system and Eric Hoffer

I WAS watching a political discussion a month ago on the degradation of the American right into MAGA and the further degradation of MAGA, and one of the panelists referred to the famous Eric Hoffer quote. The quote was…

Linear parks in Metro Manila

I LIVE near the border between Mandaluyong and San Juan. Therefore, in the course of my trips out of my residence, I travel through San Juan City streets. In the past few months, while traveling along E. Rodriguez…

Ireland’s BIA project

Last of two parts ARTISTS are rarely passive savers; when given financial stability, their spending patterns directly stimulate hyper-local and service-based economies. Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts (BIA)…

The language of worship in the Philippines

WHENEVER I visit Catholic churches in the Philippines, I pay attention not only to their architecture, religious images and devotional traditions but also to the languages used in celebrating Mass. As a Catholic and a…

Batteries now included

WHEN the late Benigno Aquino III chastised proponents of renewable energies like solar power and wind power on their reliability, asking them, “Paano kung walang araw, paano kung walang hangin (What if there is no sun…

Two lame ducks and the Gulf's most dangerous weeks

FEW American presidents have been punished by their own voters as thoroughly as Donald Trump was on Tuesday. Democrats took both the House of Representatives and the Senate — only the fifth time since the Second World…